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Vaccinium
Taxonomy
Vaccinium was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Vaccinium uliginosum.
It was assigned to Vacciniaceae by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926).
It was assigned to Vacciniaceae by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-01-18; modified by B. Allen on 2024-07-03
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Vaccinium Linnaeus 1753
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†Vaccinium alaskanum Knowlton 1904
Vaccinium album Linnaeus 1753
Vaccinium arboreum Marshall 1785
Vaccinium arctostaphylos Linnaeus 1753
†Vaccinium coloradense Lesquereux 1887
Vaccinium corymbosum Linnaeus 1753
†Vaccinium friesii Heer 1869
Vaccinium frondosum Linnaeus 1753
Vaccinium hispidulum Linnaeus 1753
†Vaccinium hollicki Knowlton 1919
Vaccinium macronatum Linnaeus 1753
Vaccinium myrtillus Linnaeus 1753
Vaccinium oxycoccos Linnaeus 1753
†Vaccinium salicoides Knowlton 1926
†Vaccinium spathulata Berry 1907
Vaccinium stamineum Linnaeus 1753
†Vaccinium textum Heer 1916
Vaccinium uliginosum Linnaeus 1753
Vaccinium vitisidaea Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tertiary to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | V. sp. (22819) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | V. sophoroides (23975) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | V. sibiricum (23906) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | V. salicoides (224395) V. sonomensis (35278) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Nevada) | V. sophoroides (27179) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | V. minutulum (23049) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | V. minutulum (23059 27013) V. miocenicum (23611) V. segmentosum (23054) V. segmentosum, V. minutulum (23056) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Nevada) | V. sophoroides (27525 27629) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | V. sp.1 (24317) V. sp.2 (24098) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | V. miocenicum (27923 28113) | |
| Messinian | USA (Alaska) | V. sp. (123352) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (Potosi) | V. pontzuelum (32143) |